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Diamanto Politis. Photo.

Diamanto Politis

Professor, Centre Director

Diamanto Politis. Photo.

Re-viewing entrepreneurial universities through alumni engagement

Author

  • Diamanto Politis
  • Lise Aaboen
  • Ann Elida Eide
  • Dag Håkon Haneberg

Summary, in English

The paper contributes to re-viewing entrepreneurial universities by expanding the understanding of the role and impact of alumni engagement in this context. Embedded in a stakeholder theory perspective, we develop and test a framework that
identifies social, behavioural, cognitive and affective drivers of alumni engagement. We conducted statistical analyses to test hypotheses on a sample of 493 entrepreneurship graduates from Venture Creation Programs (VCP) at three major universities in Scandinavia. Our theorising and findings suggest that alumni engagement is multifaceted—encompassing providing and connecting functions. Furthermore, the analysis suggests social, behavioural and affective drivers to accelerate alumni engagement. Future studies of entrepreneurial universities should focus more
specifically on how entrepreneurship education and university managers may prepare students for becoming engaged alumni.

Department/s

  • Entrepreneurship

Publishing year

2023-12-20

Language

English

Publication/Series

Small Business Economics

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Business Administration

Keywords

  • Entrepreneurial universities
  • Alumni engagement
  • University ecosystems
  • Entrepreneurship education

Status

Epub

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1573-0913